Former Pascagoula standout Senquez Golson remained unsigned by the Boston Red Sox as of Monday evening. (William Colgin/Correspondent)

Minutes after the 11:59 p.m. EDT passed, Tarsha Golson told The Mississippi Press that her son, former Pascagoula star Senquez Golson was leaning toward turning down a lucrative professional baseball offer from the Boston Red Sox to remain a two-sport athlete at Ole Miss.

"It looks like he's probably going to be a Rebel," Tarsha Golson said at 11:05 p.m.. "But I won't know for sure until he gets back to the (hotel) room."

Golson, who had been practicing with the Ole
Miss football team since fall camp opened, was an eighth-round pick by
the Red Sox in June. He traveled to Boston along with his mother on Sunday night to continue negotiations right up until the deadline.

Golson, a cornerback in football and a center fielder in
baseball, had been asking for a $1.3 million signing bonus in previous
negotiations with Boston. The deep-pocketed Red Sox have a history of
paying seven-figure bonuses to two-sport stars, and seemed to be leaning
toward doing so late Monday according to various reports in the Boston
media.

Golson batted .345 with three home runs, 25 RBIs and 16 steals as a
senior at Pascagoula. He enrolled at Ole Miss in July and participated
in the Rebels' football scrimmage on Saturday, before leaving Oxford via
team plane for Boston either later that night or the following morning.

George County's Mason Robbins was drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round of the June MLB draft. (submitted photo)

Former George County center fielder Mason Robbins also
remained in talks Monday with the team that drafted him, the New York
Mets. New York selected Robbins, the Gatorade Mississippi Player of the
Year and state home run leader in 2011, in the 20th round in June, but
Robbins had previously stated he intended to play college baseball at
Southern Miss.

Robbins' father, Mike, said via text message on Monday
afternoon that the family expected the Mets' final offer shortly before
midnight EDT. Robbins had also indicated he was asking for seven figures
to sign with New York and forego college.

Robbins, a left-handed hitter, batted .500 with 14 home
runs, 14 doubles, 38 runs and 40 RBIs in 2011. He was also the Rebels'
ace pitcher, going 7-4 with a 1.83 ERA and 99 strikeouts last season.